East Rochester, NY 14526 Frost Dates
Frost dates for East Rochester, NY, ZIP 14526
The last spring frost here typically falls around 05/01, about 246 days from today. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/20, about 171 frost-free days later.
East Rochester sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around East Rochester has about 8 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
The actual range around East Rochester's last frost
05/01 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/18 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/16 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How East Rochester compares
East Rochester's growing season runs about 171 days, ranking 28,626 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 720 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around East Rochester's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in East Rochester can differ from the 14526 normal.